Storytime Tapestry Newsletter

The newsletter devoted to spreading love and cultural awareness around the world.

May 15, 2008

Today’s Announcement

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 Stuffed Shirts
Bill Walker
missourisage@yahoo.com

Every so often, one runs into a stuffed shirt. Most people know what
a stuffed shirt is. That would be a person that is as phony as a
three dollar bill, wants to be a big shot, and don't know how. These
fancy Dans, like to strut about in suits and such. Try to snow ball
people on what little they know. Some are quite good at it, for a
time.

I remember a couple of  men in this town, that was quite different.
Both were rich as all get out, could have dressed in as high priced duds
as could be bought, and would never have been classed as stuffed
shirts.

One was owner of a fair sized factory here. If you walked into the
office and asked the guy that happened to get up first to the counter,
to speak to the boss man, heck you might just be talking to him. He
would be in common clothes, might have a sweater on. His hands might
have a bit of dirt under the fingernails.. You see he might have been
out in the shop taking a look at some machine that had a  problem. His
factory during the war days, turned out shell and bomb casings, along
with other things used in war fare. Later years turned out other goods
that called for some metal boxes. When he died, he was to be found in
the casket in just common clothes, and a sweater. Wouldn't have known
him dressed any other way.

The second man that comes to my mind was a banker here. Mr.Bill  was
as common as an old shoe. You never saw him dressed in a fancy
suit. He dressed in more common every day clothes. He too was a
sweater man. He had a fine car or two in the garage, but if the
weather wasn't too bad, you would see him walking to and from the bank,
a trip of close to a mile, even when he was in his late years.
Here goes Mr.Bill walking along swinging his cane. Mr. Bill had a
brother, who started  an insurance company in Lincoln, I think the name
was Bankers Life of Nebraska. That would be George, he too was as
common as an old shoe. If you knew them, and met one some where by
accident, they had time to say hello, how are things? They might stop
to talk for a minute or two. How about them Huskers, sure did a
number on them Cats, or something.

It is funny to me how a stuffed shirt snows some people, but sooner
or later, they prove just what they are. A stuffed shirt and as phony
as a three dollar bill.

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Poetry Corner

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Madness

Cheryl Williams

You draw me into your madness
and I get lost in the echo of your ramblings,
looking for escape,
but you pull me deeper,
twisting me about,
tangling me up in the demons
who assail ...

I hate it!

I'm not one to get lost in the fray,
but I find myself falling deeper,
flailing about
like a lost soul gasping for breath.

I love you, but I hate you.
I need you, but you're killing me,

 stealing the blue from my day,
turning it to gray.

What am I am supposed to do?

I promised to love you
through it all.
I promised to be yours

but I never knew how far you would fall.

I feel like a martyr;
I feel so scared;
I feel like I'm falling...falling...falling...

Your love is poisoned
with the bitterness inside;
I cannot reach you.
I've tried and tried.

You cannot hear me
if you don't want to hear;
You cannot be happy
if you're addicted to pain.
You cannot love me
if you hate yourself.

I wish I had known this
years ago.

Sometimes life is so hard.

Cheryl Williams

Politicalgirl04aol.com

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